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Ulva lactuca bullosa

(Chicory Sea Lettuce)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Chicory Sea Lettuce

Description

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Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 29 meters (96 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Chlorophyta () - A. Pascher, 1914 - Green Algae
      - Subphylum: Chlorophytina () - Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Infraphylum: Tetraphytae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Class: Ulvophyceae () - K.R. Mattox & K.D. Stewart, in D.E.G. Irvine & D.M. John, 1984
        Order: Ulvales () - Blackman & Tansley
        Family: Ulvaceae () - J.V. Lamouroux ex Dumortier
        Genus: Ulva () - C. Linnaeus, 1753
        Specific epithet: lactuca - Linnaeus - Lettuce [No etymology in protologue; traceable to Latin lac, milk, alluding to the milky sap]
        Botanical name: - Ulva lactuca bullosa L. Linnaeus

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Ulva

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

U. fasciata (Papahapaha) · U. intestinalis var. suhrii (Swollen Laurenzia) · U. lactuca (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. lactuca bullosa (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. lactuca crispa (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. lactuca laciniata (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. lactuca macrogyna (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. lactuca mesenteriformis (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. lactuca myriotrema (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. lactuca pulvinata (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. lactuca rosulans (Chicory Sea Lettuce) · U. linza (Slender Sea Lettuce) · U. pertusa (Awosa) · U. rigida (Sea Lettuce) · U. rigida fimbriata (Sea Lettuce) · U. rigida laciniata (Sea Lettuce) · U. rigida tropica (Sea Lettuce)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

AlgaeBase
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed October 29, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 16 providers.
Guiry, M.D. (from AlgaeBase).

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3310023
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-48874
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 199834

Footnotes

Standard Deviation = 143.540 based on 1,171 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

Last Revised: 2012-07-18